Exeter (ship)
Several ships have borne the name
Exeter
after the city of
Exeter
in
Devon
:
Exeter
(1792 EIC ship)
was an
East Indiaman
launched in 1792 that made eight voyages to the East Indies for the
East India Company
(EIC). More unusually, on separate voyages she captured a French
frigate
and participated in the
Battle of Pulo Aura
. She was sold for breaking up in 1811.
Exeter
(1793 ship)
was launched at
Calcutta
in 1793 and then made three voyages to England from Calcutta for the EIC before foundering in 1806.